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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1909
Page
8
A British railway carriage tale recounts a gentleman and a lady sharing a compartment who switch outfits. The woman reveals she is a detective from Scotland Yard in disguise, exposing the trans wardrobe reversal and the man’s mistaken assumptions.
A retired merchant laments shoplifting as a nationwide pattern. He notes women, traveling between cities from ocean to ocean, repeatedly steal items they could afford. The shoplifting trade has grown as more women participate, challenging stores.
The piece outlines how punctuation evolved from Aristophanes in ancient Alexandria through Warme Tred and Alcuin to Aldus Manutius in Venice. It notes the medieval neglect of marks and the eventual universal adoption of periods commas colons and other symbols by printers.
A steamship engineer notes workers in gue works blast furnaces and on ships endure 118 to 140 degrees. He explains heat is less felt in pure dry air than in humid heat, as humidity worsens discomfort and drains vitality.
A small First Avenue grocery shop offers a peculiar souvenir for Wednesday. The proprietor, described as a foreigner, presents a prepared mustard piece with notable courtesy, likened to a small gift like a knife fork or spoon, and the customer accepts in the offered manner.
A nationwide surge of relief funding forms a major American response to the Italy Sicily earthquake. Totals exceed $500,000 with cities like New York Boston Chicago and San Francisco contributing substantial sums and Canada adding hundreds of thousands. Local committees churches and Red Cross drives mobilize across states including Missouri Ohio Kentucky Wisconsin and Vermont urging further donations and prayers.
Reports from Providence to Valparaiso reveal widespread donations for Italy and Sicily earthquake victims. Cities including Philadelphia Wichita Milwaukee Detroit St Paul Baltimore and Buffalo report contributions ranging from 500 to 46 408 dollars with national agencies and Red Cross involved. A Philadelphia cable notes a 10 000 dollar gift through Drexel & Co and Rome praise for American generosity.
The Chicago Board of Trade and a coalition of women leaders and organizations launched a drive to raise $100000 for Italian victims by Sunday night. The appeal urges immediate gifts noting one dollar now equals ten dollars later.
Pittsburg residents raised 527 dollars in response to an appeal for earthquake sufferers. Donations continued with collections planned in local Tarian Catholic churches Sunday. A carload of oranges donated by the California Fruit Growers association was to be auctioned Monday for a large sum.
Denver January 1 generous responses arrive for Italian earthquake relief from New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Wyoming. Subscriptions pour in to aid stricken countrymen while the United Catholic Societies of Denver issues appeal funds.
In St Louis the Red Cross has collected 145.05 dollars for Italian earthquake relief. Adolphius Busen contributed 25000 dollars. Italian societies in the city have raised 559 dollars. Father Spigari of the Italian Catholic church sent 1000 dollars to the pope.
Washington Jan 1 Mer Falconi apostolic delegate urges church members to contribute for the vast multitude of sufferers from the Italian earthquake. Offerings may be sent to the Vatican via the apostolic delegation or Cardinal Merri Del Val.
New Yorkers have already contributed about 150000 dollars for earthquake sufferers. The Red Cross line leads with about 40000, the stock exchange at 21000, and numerous Italian fonds join the relief effort.
Reports indicate about 27 000 dollars were sent and 56 000 per song in provisions along with clothing for about 10 000, dispatched yesterday from here on the Coltie supply ship.
Toronto January 1 the board of control unanimously approves a 5000 relief grant for Italian earthquake victims. Public subscriptions are being opened to supplement the aid.
Kansas City residents from Sicily and Calabria announce a meeting next Sunday to organize a relief drive for Italian earthquake victims. Individual contributions have already been sent to the Red Cross in New York.
Ottawa reports Canada will provide 100000 in government aid for Italian earthquake sufferers plus substantial private contributions. The total relief effort comes from official funds and generous unofficial sources.
Washington reports a combined effort by the government and private citizens to aid Italian earthquake victims. A total of 110000 is available in the U S through the Red Cross, which has sent 40000 to Italy today and may seek a liberal appropriation from Congress.
Seattle reports donations for earthquake sufferers have reached 1710 dollars. Proceeds from theater benefits, church collections, and a general collection planned for today will raise additional funds.
From Capri Maxim Gorky telegraphs a wintering appeal to the Russian people for financial help to earthquake sufferers in Italy. He offers to receive subscriptions at Capri for relief.
Rio Janeiro reports the senate passed a condolence resolution to Italy over Calabria and Sicily disaster. Banks including Italian Brazilian and German groups subscribed 1600 dollars each, with Journal of Commerce collections and other state drives adding to a handsome total.
Colonel David M. Hume, custodian of the Italian earthquake fund, cabled 3200 to the Italian minister of finance. The sum was raised in Portland yesterday as collections will be taken in all Catholic churches Sunday.
Ambassador Griscom sent to Messina Major J F Reynolds Landis and other officials full instructions for locating Americans believed missing in Sicily and Calabria after the earthquake. He presented the relief fund to the government including 50000 dollars from the Red Cross and 20000 dollars from the Christian Herald.
Ogden Utah resident Mrs Thos Shipley reports relief from kidney discomfort after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She bought a box at Badeon's Pharmacy and says Doctors confirmed kidney trouble before use. For sale by all dealers priced 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
An eastern city tale recalls a pawnbroker awakened by a knock who learns a visitor wants the time and claims a watch. The piece notes mourning colors among Europinns and kin and contrasts them with colors in China Egypt Burma Syria Persia and Turkey.
Washington January 1 President Roosevelt abandons a planned vacation to oversee relief for Italy after the earthquake. He aims to prepare a message to Congress for Mediterranean aid and may convene a conference with Senator Hale and cabinet members to discuss relief provisions and potential direct appropriations. Reports indicate some Italy quake victims are safe.
A London court tale notes pictures used as proofs of crime and romance from past centuries. Artists like William Hunt and Thomas Lawrence linked portraits to proposals and police evidence, while debtors and printers exchanged artworks as payment or public demonstration.
A recently exhumed gold coin from Pope Innocent IX draws collectors and rivals, as the Vatican aims to complete its papal coin collection. The piece chronicles 1,136 years of papal minting from Adrian I to 1870, highlighting designs by Cellini and Francia, and noting mints in Rome Bologna Avignon Perugia Terni San Severino and Gaeta.
A new railway near Bozen in Tyrol claims the steepest line in the world with a gradient reaching 70 to 100. The Mendel and Vesuvian lines previously held the record, but this system uses an electric wire rope to climb five feet per second and carries four compartments with up to 20 passengers.
A clergyman recalls multiple bribe attempts from diverse figures including an advertising manager who offered $100 for from the pulpit praise of health food and a widow offering $350 to praise a drunkard husband at his funeral. He rejects all bribes and notes past attempts to influence sermon content.
In a famed case Toger Minot Sherman argued that the opponent could not prove his point. The rival, wielding a sharp knife, pulled a hair from his beard and split it, provoking court laughter. Sherman exclaimed that it was only a hair, not a bristle.
The world’s tea production in 1907 is estimated at 964 910 metre ton units, compared with 65 174 tons recorded in 1906. The figures reflect a year of substantial output growth across major tea producing regions.
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